ARD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. ARD is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ARD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARD is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 13 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARD
Back hooks — 1
ardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does ARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltechnical
A simple plough without wheels or a mouldboard, drawn by animals to break up soil rather than turn it.
The ard was one of the earliest farming tools, scratching a furrow into the ground instead of turning the soil over the way a later, heavier plough would. Archaeologists find its traces in fields farmed thousands of years ago.
How ARD is used
Used mainly in archaeology and agricultural history.
- Farmers once dragged the ard across the field with a pair of oxen.
- The museum displayed a reconstructed ard from the Bronze Age.
- Unlike a modern plough, the ard barely disturbs the soil beneath the furrow.
- Archaeologists found marks left by an ard beneath the old field.
- The ard was gradually replaced by heavier ploughs in many regions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARD
The 3 tiles of ARD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARD
19 longer words begin with ARD.
Words ending in ARD
Showing 24 of 524 words that end in ARD. Useful as a back hook: play ARD onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARD inside
Showing 24 of 1728 words that contain ARD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARD
Common questions about ARD
- Is ARD valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ARD is not in it.
- How many points is ARD worth?
- ARD is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARD mean?
- A simple plough without wheels or a mouldboard, drawn by animals to break up soil rather than turn it.
- What letters can be added to ARD?
- ARD takes 13 hooks: 12 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ARD:
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